How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb

by Peter Kuran

The Hardcover version of How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb is almost exhausted. As soon as these copies are gone, the Hard cover edition will officially be out of print. However, the soft cover edition will still be available. How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb is a visually compelling documentation combining awe-inspiring photography and fascinating technical detail about the stories and techniques behind the photography of the bomb. Author Peter Kuran's engrossing and powerful arrangement of these complex photographic techniques along with the astonishing photographs themselves creates an intriguing intersection at which the viewpoint of the casual observer becomes one of insightful witness. The culmination of over ten years of research, this book reveals newly declassified and previously secret photographs from US atomic weapons tests conducted between 1945 and 1963.

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, History

142 pages, Paperback

First published August 6, 2007

Reviews

[Nick Black · Rating 1 out of 5]

Amazon 2009-07-18. There's a beautiful reproduction of the Redwing Apache 1956-07-08 shot (1.85 MT) on page 51, the prettiest I've ever seen. I'd like to get this blown up as a poster, and if anyone was like "that's a pretty sunset" I could affect Austin Powers and say, "oh that's not a sunset baby....that's man!" There's also an awesome picture of Tewa (5 MT) set up with its light pipes, and its casing signed by all the (we presume) designers.

Nonetheless, this book is almost certainly getting a single star, for reasons I'll detail later.

[Rex · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a wonderful coffee-table book for enthusiasts of atomic history and imagery. The author has also produced several excellent documentaries on the topic of atomic bombs.